Chapter 869: Escape

Han Fei’s fingertips touched the director’s door. At that moment, he heard a child crying, but the sound didn’t come from the director’s room but from another room deeper down the corridor.

“No. 2 told me to follow the crying and don’t be disturbed by anything else.” Han Fei pulled his hands back. He was not affected by habit and turned towards the crying. He hadn’t run a few steps before the director’s door opened. A giant arm covered in brown fur reached out from inside. His palm held the smiling faces of endless children! If Han Fei had opened the door earlier, he would have been grabbed by the big hand!

Han Fei turned and ran. He didn’t dare to stay a moment longer.

“The giant hand has brown fur, and the memory in the vats mentions it before! Does this hand belong to the director?”

Immortal Pharma wouldn’t hire a monster to be the director. Something else must have happened to this creature.

Han Fei felt energy surging from his heart. No fear could stop him. This was the biggest difference between Han Fei and the other members. The more anxious and fearful he was, the sharper Han Fei would become. He would never doubt himself. The giant hand almost grabbed Han Fei a few times. Han Fei finally saw a new painting at the end of the corridor. A newborn was painted on the cracked wall. It was very cute. However, the overall painting was very crazy. A pair of giant hands grabbed the baby’s leg and yanked him out of the cradle. Beside the cradle was many toys and a storybook—There’s the person mother and father are looking for.

The baby waved his hands wildly. One of his fingers appeared to be pointing at the corridor. The crying became shriller. Han Fei charged down the corridor. The tiles started to change. The wallpaper was torn down. The moment Han Fei entered the corridor, he sank into the director’s childhood fear. The smell of disinfectant was replaced by a horrible scent. The tunnel that led underground was covered in mold. Blood stained the slippery ground. Bone chips wedged between the stone gaps. This painting was very real like it was the most intense memory from the director’s memory. “Something is not right.” The crying morphed into tiny hands that wanted to grab onto Han Fei. They dragged him somewhere. The light dimmed, and suddenly, the door closed. The door disappeared, and Han Fei was trapped in this strange tunnel that headed down. Cold water dripped down his head. Han Fei stayed close to the wall and submerged in the darkness. He had no idea how long he went down the spiraling tunnel before he reached a room. The room was buried deep underground. The director’s secret should be hidden here.

Han Fei pushed open the door. Before he was a giant mirror. His reflection was inside the mirror. Han Fei had changed. He reverted to when he was about 4 or 5. His body was covered in wounds, and they were overgrown with brown fur. His head was shaven, and he had an ugly birthmark. “Is that how the director looked like when he was young?” No matter what, he didn’t look like a person. It was hard to imagine what he had gone through.

“Notification for Player 0000! You’ve discovered the voyeur persona. This persona comes from a mental patient and has been stripped by Pure Hatred.

“Notification for Player 0000! You’ve discovered the daydreaming persona. This persona comes from a mental patient and has been stripped by Pure Hatred.”

The system kept pinging. At that moment, No. 2’s voice rang out again.

“Quick! It’s coming! Go deep into the room and shatter that jar!”

An intense sense of danger gripped Han Fei. He knew that the real hospital director was coming. He was at the core of the ghost territory. This was the director’s taboo. Actually, the director also didn’t expect any living human to walk out of his fear. To come to this room, one had to find the loophole in the illusion. One had to be extremely lucky to achieve that.

This person managed to weave through the illusions of endless nightmares. When did the center recruit someone like that?

When the director arrived, it was already too late. Han Fei had found the special jar. All the personas were connected to the jar. The brain inside the jar controlled everything.

“Notification for Player 0000! You’ve found the brain in the jar. Please bring it out of the Third Mental Hospital immediately!

“The world you see is constructed from endless memories. Everyone lives in their own jar. All the escaped souls will be crushed by fate. You are no different.”